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Charles Olson quotes: Thisis the abstract, thisis the cold doing, thisis the almost impossible This
is the abstract, this
is the cold doing, this
is the almost impossible
Charles Olson quotes: A poem is a 'line' between any two points in creation. A poem is a 'line' between any two points in creation.
Charles Olson quotes: Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt Just to make clear Where they come from. Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt Just to make clear Where they come from.
Charles Olson quotes: The bodywhips the soul. In its great desireit demands the elixirIn the roar of spring,transmutations. The body

whips the soul. In its great desire
it demands the elixir

In the roar of spring,
transmutations.
Charles Olson quotes: Fact is based upon vulgar matter. Fact is based upon vulgar matter.
Charles Olson quotes: By night only crazy thingslike the full moon and the whippoorwilland us, are busy. By night only crazy things
like the full moon and the whippoorwill

and us, are busy.
Charles Olson quotes: I hope you're representing the devil's advocate. I hope you're representing the devil's advocate.
Charles Olson quotes: Not one death but many,not accumulation but change, the feed-back proves, the feed-back isthe law Not one death but many,
not accumulation but change, the feed-back proves, the feed-back is
the law
Charles Olson quotes: The flowers are ravinedby bees, the fruit blossomsare thrown to the ground, the windthe rain forces everything. The flowers are ravined
by bees, the fruit blossoms

are thrown to the ground, the wind
the rain forces everything.
Charles Olson quotes: I take space to be the central fact to man born in America. I spell it large because it comes large here. Large and without mercy. I take space to be the central fact to man born in America. I spell it large because it comes large here. Large and without mercy.
Charles Olson quotes: One loves only form, and form only comes into existence when the thing is born. One loves only form, and form only comes into existence when the thing is born.
Charles Olson quotes: I remember way back when I was young, 10 years ago. I remember way back when I was young, 10 years ago.
Charles Olson quotes: Is it not the play of the mind we are after? Is it not that that shows a mind is there at all? Is it not the play of the mind we are after? Is it not that that shows a mind is there at all?
Charles Olson quotes: I was playing catch with the European audience. I was playing catch with the European audience.
Charles Olson quotes: I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire. I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.
Charles Olson quotes: What pudor pejorocracy affrontshow awe, night-rest and neighborhood can rotwhat breeds where dirtiness is lawwhat crawlsbelow What pudor pejorocracy affronts
how awe, night-rest and neighborhood can rot
what breeds where dirtiness is law
what crawls
below
Charles Olson quotes: You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false. You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false.
Charles Olson quotes: Love is form, and cannot be withoutimportant substance Love is form, and cannot be without
important substance
Charles Olson quotes: I am happy to have some friends here in the kitchen. I am happy to have some friends here in the kitchen.
Charles Olson quotes: You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble. You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble.
Charles Olson quotes: An American is a complex of occasions, themselves a geometry of spatial nature. An American is a complex of occasions, themselves a geometry of spatial nature.
Charles Olson quotes: ONE PERCEPTION MUST IMMEDIATELY AND DIRECTLY LEAD TO A FURTHER PERCEPTION ONE PERCEPTION MUST IMMEDIATELY AND DIRECTLY LEAD TO A FURTHER PERCEPTION
Charles Olson quotes: You can do anything, literally, right? That's one of the exciting possibilities of the present. You can do anything, literally, right? That's one of the exciting possibilities of the present.
Charles Olson quotes: The original in man is that which articulates him from the very outset upon something other than himself. The original in man is that which articulates him from the very outset upon something other than himself.
Charles Olson quotes: Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up. Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up.
Charles Olson quotes: I'm one of the cliches that has grown up. I'm one of the cliches that has grown up.
Charles Olson quotes: All that matters is that the thing be the thing of the thing. All that matters is that the thing be the thing of the thing.
Charles Olson quotes: When will government cease being a nuisance to everybody? When will government cease being a nuisance to everybody?
Charles Olson quotes: I have had to learn the simplest thingslast. Which made for difficulties. I have had to learn the simplest things
last. Which made for difficulties.
Charles Olson quotes: Beesdig the plum blossoms Bees
dig the plum blossoms
Charles Olson quotes: the soul is / proprioceptive the soul is / proprioceptive
Charles Olson quotes: This country has been unconscious, and it's got to awake. That's my belief. This country has been unconscious, and it's got to awake. That's my belief.
Charles Olson quotes: I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head. I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head.
Charles Olson quotes: We all want what's been suddenly disallowed. We all want what's been suddenly disallowed.
Charles Olson quotes: This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water. This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water.
Charles Olson quotes: And all now is warwhere so lately there was peace,and the sweet brotherhood, the useof tilled fields. And all now is war
where so lately there was peace,
and the sweet brotherhood, the use
of tilled fields.
Charles Olson quotes: We're all moving, moving, moving. Isn't it nice? We're all moving, moving, moving. Isn't it nice?
Charles Olson quotes: Knowledge is the harvest of attention Knowledge is the harvest of attention
Charles Olson quotes: There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe. There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.
Charles Olson quotes: The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being. The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being.
Charles Olson quotes: The Canadian voice is still too rustic. The Canadian voice is still too rustic.
Charles Olson quotes: I sound like Homer. I mean Winslow Homer. I sound like Homer. I mean Winslow Homer.
Charles Olson quotes: Of rhythm is image/ of image is knowing/ of knowing there is/ a construct Of rhythm is image/ of image is knowing/ of knowing there is/ a construct
Charles Olson quotes: O.K. I'm running out of appetite. Let this swirl - a bit like Crab Nebula - do for now. O.K. I'm running out of appetite. Let this swirl - a bit like Crab Nebula - do for now.
Charles Olson quotes: What can we dowhen even the public conveyancessing?how can we go anywhere,even cross-townhow get out of anywhere What can we do
when even the public conveyances
sing?
how can we go anywhere,
even cross-town
how get out of anywhere
Charles Olson quotes: Atlantis will rise again. Atlantis will rise again.
Charles Olson quotes: There are no hierarchies, no infinite, no such many as mass, there are only/ eyes in all heads,/ to be looked out of. There are no hierarchies, no infinite, no such many as mass, there are only/ eyes in all heads,/ to be looked out of.
Charles Olson quotes: Dead, hung up indoors, the kingfisherwill not indicate a favoring wind,or avert the thunderbolt. Dead, hung up indoors, the kingfisher
will not indicate a favoring wind,
or avert the thunderbolt.
Charles Olson quotes: I'm trying to climb up both walls at once. I'm trying to climb up both walls at once.
Charles Olson quotes: The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow. The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow.
Charles Olson quotes: What does not change is the will to change What does not change is the will to change
Charles Olson quotes: I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does. I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.

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